The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-16
THE STATE.

THE STATE.
Ya1o0 City is now pining for ms,l...
its own. 'pafef Ct
Olive raising is the newest Mi..;..;
industry. "isSis'ipp
IN Mrs n.1 ". F. Jennings, OF Grenada, d.,
city mail. 'e's Tor the
Whooping cough and measles are r.,
in Durant are rivals
The river banks at Greenvills sr
again, very rapidly. o@Sing
Ground has been broken for III.
railway in Greenville. e S'feet
A leading citizen of Crystal snr;nu
soon establish creamery. P''"ss viii
Chambers have appeared sD,..
mules In and about Greenville. he
Mr.. Ike Morris and Miss H..
have announced their betrothal. NAan
The Planters Cotton Seed OIL Nm
Greenyllie raised steam Monday
A Creamery Company was ore,,;..,
at Madison Station on Monday lssi9 ''''-S1
A great religious revival Is going ..
among the Methodists at Bay St. Lopis u
The young Jewish gentlemen Of Can't,
| will give a Purim entertainment e,rlv );
| March. "
A ball for the benefit of the Volun,..,
Southrons' band was given in yicksbn,.
Monday night.
The Vicksburg Firemen are endeavo,
ing, with poor success, to get up an appn,l
parade in May.
A colored woman at French C.,,.
| starved her little baby to death recentIyt
and has been arrested for her brutality
The grand military ball which was an.
nounced TO take place laft night in Yszoo
City has been postponed until after Lent
| Mr.. Ben Hesdorffer and Miss Leon,i,o
Hitler, of Canton, were betrothed last weeE
according to the rites OF the Jewish reliv,
ion.
Bishop Galloway, in a lecture in Brook.
haven last week, spoke strongly against
the proposed third party movement in this
/ State.
Henceforth the Commercials Herald will
devote one column of its Sunday issue to
the secret societies and Lodges OF the city
and State.
The College Echo will soon make its an.
pearance at the l. /. Il c. 1t will Be
edited and printed by the young ladies Of
the College.
Mr.. E. Z. Frantz has retired from the
Brandon Republican, and his father, Col
A j Frantz, has again assumed control Of
of the paper.
The new military company at CRYSTAL
Springs has been christened CRYSTAL
Springs Volunteers" What has become
of the Videttes?
Jas. Skidmore, OF Meridian, boiler
maker, has been arrested, charged with the
murder of an unknown white man at the
Fair Grounds last Fall.
Joe White and Bob Burton, two colored
boys of Camden, had difficulty last week.
about stick of wood, which resulted in
the fatal shooting of Burton.
The road from Vicksburg out TO the Ma
tional Cemetery will be a thing of beauty
and doubtless a JOY forever, when the i'm
provements on II are completed.
The "Karnee Mitsin" Reception at Hos
ciusko last Friday night was one OF the
most elegant and elaborate entertainments
ever given in Central Mississippi.
We are indebted to the courteous editors
of the kosciusko Messenger and Star, for
the use of their exchanges, from which we
have compiled this weeks News Column
Mr.. A. d. Rawlings, of Adams county,
one of the largest planters IN the South.
died last week and bequeathed half a
million to his friends, as he was without
relatives.
Mrs. Rebecca Lyons relict OF the late
Col. Wiley Lyons, died very suddenly at
the residence of her son-in-law, hon. Geo.
Harvey, Canton, on Sunday morning last.
She was rs years of age.
A party of Iynchers attacked the Jail in
Rosedale few nights ago, and attempted
TO lynch two negroes, who are suspected as
the parties who shot Mr.. Dulaney recently.
The attempt was fooled by the sheriff.
Bishop Galloway is having splendid
success in making collections for the Bishop
Paine Loan Fund, in connection with the
church extension work. At Greenville, on
Sunday last, the subscriptions reached the
handsome sum OF 5 200.
| Crystal Springs shows great cOnsidera-
ton for her farmer neighbOrs in the fact
that as soon as "cold wave telegram" is
received, cannon is fired twice, to warn
all farmers within fifteen miles OF the
town, of the approach of the cold wave.
On Wednesday as Capt. j q. Mann, Su-
perintendent of the |. Z. K. r., was in
speeding the survey near Roebuck, he &C
cidentaty shot himself in the leg with a
small pistol, while mounting his horse.
The wound, while painful, Is not very
serious.
Under the new free delivery system to
60 into effect in Meridian soon, the streets
north of and parallel with the railroad
will be numbered first, second, third, ETC.
while the house numbers will run on the
| Philadelphia system, 100 to the block.
The order from Judge Hill, of tn,
United States Court, at jackson, that the
obstruction of Big Black river by the V
& NJ. railroad bridge be removed has beer
complied with by the managers Of tina
road. The piles are to be taken up and
then replaced on the side of the stream
leaving an opening thirty feet wide in thu
middle of the river. This will be larg'
enough to permit the stave boats to pas
| and will be satisfactory to all interested ID
| the matter. The work is to begin in lev
days.-CoIImercia Herald.
A number of prominent Mississippi un
dertakers have been in the city for th'
past few days attending the course of lee
lures on the art of embalming. Prot
Clarke, Of Ohio, conducted the lectures ant
demonstrated before his class the most ap
proved modern methods of preserving tn
dead. A class of four students graduate,
Friday and received diplomas. The grad
yates were Robt. IL. Stewart, of Natchez
A. g. Wagner, Of Meridian, Henry Taylor
Jr, OF Jackson, and Albert Arnold, o
Vieksburg. -Commerciai-H Herald.
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